UPC

Hi all,

I'm new to the whole frequent flyer and loyalty program process, I don't have an account with anyone as of now.

I own a small business, 5 employees including myself, that does import-export primarily from East Africa to the USA. As a whole, between my employees and I, we fly roundtrip Texas <-> Rwanda about 5 times a month.

I've been looking at various business/corporate programs and I can't figure out which one I should be using in order to take advantage of the best point accrual for my travel process.

The main airlines that make the trip are Delta, KLM, Air France, and Kenya Airways. I know they're all part of the SkyTeam Alliance. I'm not quite sure if there is a SkyTeam business program or if I just have to get a specific carrier program such as Delta's SkyBonus or KLM/AF's BlueBiz? From what I understand BlueBiz isn't for the USA, so does that mean my only option is Delta SkyBonus? Would I then also get an individual/personal program such as Delta Skymiles for myself and my employees and basically be getting "double points"?

Thanks,
AS

Mwenenzi

These are the "individual" which ffp threads
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/infor...help-here.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...help-here.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/skyte...i-sign-up.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/star-...post-here.html

For a business loyalty over the top of that, the airlines will be interested in how much your business spends. 5 round trips a month, booked via your business, even in economy may interest an airline. But guess you use multiple airlines on each trip. Will need to contact an airline: not Skyteam. Do you use a real live travel agent? They may assist

UPC

@Mweneenzi

Thanks for the reply. I'll check those links out.

I do not have a live travel agent as I haven't found I need one. Are they actually useful? I've read that they can't actually help find cheaper flights and are more so to help when you don't have time to book your own flights, which I don't have a problem with. I do know one that goes to the coffee shop I often visit.

As for multiple airlines, yes sometimes. It would always be a Delta, KLM, or AirFrance airline though. The ones that are KLM or AirFrance only are twice the price of the one that's Delta-KLM/AF combined legs, so I can't really justify spending twice the amount to save 1 stop that's a 1.5hr difference (tiny relative to the 20+hrs total flight.

Mwenenzi

The other (cross) threads on this topic
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...m-best-me.html in DL forum
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-f...m-best-me.html in AF/KLM forum